This section summarises menu names across Blackboard/Canvas to give an overview of changes, equivalents, what might be missing currently. There are also some common terms and equivalents.
Blackboard vs Canvas Terminology
This table gives the equivalent Canvas terminology for common Blackboard tools.
Blackboard Terminology | Canvas Terminology |
|---|---|
Adaptive Release | |
Assessment & Feedback | |
Content Collection | |
Course Content | |
Course Information | |
Discussion Boards | |
Emails | |
Grade Centre | |
Home Page | |
Tests | |
Users and Groups |
Canvas Tools with no Blackboard equivalent
This table defines Canvas terms and tools that have no direct equivalent in Blackboard.
Canvas Tool/Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Mastery Paths | Mastery Paths are a feature enabled through Modules that supports learning mastery. If students do not achieve mastery for an assignment, they are given additional support in learning and reviewing the information, then tested again. This cycle will continue until learners accomplishes mastery and may move to the next stage. |
Studio | Canvas Studio is a tool for uploading and sharing video content inside Canvas. Studio also has a built-in screen recording tool so you can create video messages, podcasts or any other screen recording within the tool itself. |
View the full list of Canvas terms and their definitions here